While many have written off the Catholic Church in Ireland, there are signs of life in the old dog yet, as the Archdiocese of Dublin is set to receive a record number of converts into the Church this Easter. Some 129 catechumens and candidates will be received into the Church in Ireland’s largest diocese, which serves almost one million Catholics, on Easter Saturday. This marks a rise on last year’s class of 80, and an even bigger increase from the pre-Covid number of 22 who presented themselves in early 2020. The news fits a trend in Britain, France, Australia and America, where local Churches report significant spikes in converts to the Faith.
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Don’t write off Catholic Ireland just yet
Despite falling Mass attendance and fragile public trust, rising numbers of converts and returning Catholics suggest a more complicated story
Ruadhan Jones
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